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23andMe cuts staff as it shifts focus to its core genetics testing kit
Anne Wojcicki is dialing back some of the most ambitious work at her personalized genetics business, 23andMe, and cut some jobs as a result. She told Buzzfeed News on Wednesday that her Mountain View...
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In quest to undercut aging, young Peninsula biotech snags $110 million
Drugs that potentially could purge the body of so-called senescent cells — thought to play a role in aging — helped Peninsula company snare a $116 million Series B round from a wide range of investors,...
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Vocera Communications stock jumps after acquisition, earnings beat
Shares of healthcare communications provider Vocera Communications posted a double-digit jump in after-hours trading Thursday when the San Jose company topped earnings expectations and said it bought...
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In quest to undercut aging, young Peninsula biotech snags $110M
Drugs that potentially could purge the body of so-called senescent cells — thought to play a role in aging — helped Peninsula company snare a $116 million Series B round from a wide range of investors,...
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San Antonio doctors find collaboration with health care industry to be...
If not for a chance encounter with a small Florida company decades ago, Dr. Stephen Burkhart’s contributions to medicine might have been far less impactful — and far less profitable. The San Antonio...
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Money in Medicine: Care centers, surgeons garner lion’s share of non-research...
America’s excellence in medical innovation and delivery of care has long been credited to cities with decades of tradition and deep connections to academia. Boston’s Long Medical Area, as well as the...
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How Siren Care's smart socks support healthier feet
Siren Care has developed a way to embed electronics directly in fabric to create smart textiles that it said are flexible, washable and seamless while able to be produced on standard weaving machines....
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Aurora adds clinical experts to board
Wisconsin’s largest health care system Aurora Health Care named a new chair for its board — prominent nursing executive Joanne Disch — and added a board member. Disch, professor ad honorem at the...
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Workplace test results see increase in amphetamine use
The results of drug tests administered within Hawaii’s workforce during the third quarter show little change from the second quarter, although the use of amphetamine among employees rose year over...
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Blue Nile CEO is 9 years cancer-free and the top-fundraiser for Fred Hutch's...
Blue Nile CEO Harvey Kanter doesn't want to keep his battle with cancer a secret. He had non-Hodgkin lymphoma that was detected during what he calls "a physical from hell" that a previous employer...
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Tampa doctors get millions in payments from drug and medical device firms
When Dr. Roy Sanders, managing partner at Florida Orthopaedic Institute, isn’t running the Level 1 trauma center in orthopedics at Tampa General Hospital, he’s running marathons. That helps him...
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Safe Crossings Foundation raises $443,000 at record-breaking fundraiser
Safe Crossings Foundation, a nonprofit that funds grief services for children in the greater Puget Sound area, raised more than $443,000 at its recent lunch at the Sheraton Seattle hotel — a record...
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Mass. pols say marijuana taxation still needs to be hashed out
State Senate President Stanley Rosenberg may support marijuana legalization, but he doesn’t support the proposed tax. The Senate president, along with House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Gov. Charlie Baker,...
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Much is in a name: Health Science Center plans rebranding, other big changes
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will soon undergo a historic rebranding in an effort to better connect with community and industry stakeholders — as well as with peer...
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Phoenix-area hospitals invest in high-cost gear to treat, cure disease
When it comes to new and innovative ways to treat cancer, Valley hospitals and clinics are loading up on technology to better care for patients. From Mayo Clinic’s new cyclotron facility in Phoenix, to...
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Cap and justify drug prices in Oregon? No way, PhRMA says
The pharmaceutical industry’s trade group strongly opposes draft legislation from Oregon lawmakers that is designed to rein in escalating drug prices, using price caps, rebates and written...
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Nike, Doernbecher unveil 13th Freestyle Collection (Photos)
Six patients from OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital on Friday night unveiled the 13th-annual Freestyle collection, a partnership with Nike that's become one of the most-watched sneaker events of the...
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Buck Institute CEO steps down, replaced by former Sangamo boss
Brian Kennedy, president and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging since 2010, stepped down Thursday and was replaced by the former CEO of Sangamo BioSciences Inc., Edward Lanphier. The...
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Phoenix area's cancer industry edging closer to a workforce cluster
Phoenix has several industry clusters, but its next big one may revolve around cancer. With a growing number of researchers, hospitals and health care groups devoting time and resources to various...
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Cancer care and oncology clinics require very different and often specific types of office spaces that set them apart from other types of medical practices. Those specific needs — which can run into...
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